[Tagging] Highway classification in Antarctica

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

personally I would not expect to see any roads of a higher class than 
"tertiary" in Antarctica. I would expect something like the 5% or 10% 
most important roads (by total length) to be tertiary, and then assign 
unclassified/service to the rest.

> Should the classification of highways in Antarctica:
> 
> 1. Follow country-specific conventions near stations? 

No as the country-specific conventions will not have been made with 
Antarctica in mind

> 2. Follow generic OSM definitions based on absolute population
> thresholds of the places they connect? (10k+ people for town, 1k for
> village, 100 for hamlet, etc.) This will assign very low road classes
> across the continent.

No as it would probably lead to seeing nothing above "track" ;)

> 3. Follow generic OSM definitions based on lower place population
> thresholds that are more compatible with the reality of the continent,
> based on regional importance? [4] The result may be perceived by some
> as assigning higher than normal highway classes to the connections
> between these small settlements.

Yes but I wouldn't mechanically approach this with any objective 
"thresholds" based on numbers. As long as you don't end up tagging 
secondary roads up there, just go with tertiary for the important ones 
and follow down from there.

> Additionally, should the permanent population be considered

I don't think population should come into it.

Bye
Frederik

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